document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1110598>Question 1110598</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the slope of the line passing through points A(&#8722;18,24) and B(16,&#8722;8)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope = rise/run \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rise is the change in y values in traveling from one point to the other<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Run is the change in x values)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Often slope is represented by the letter m,  for example in the slope-intercept form of a line  y=mx+b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = (-8-24)/(16-(-18))  =  _____________________\r<BR>\n" );
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